Member of the Massachusetts Senate
from the Middlesex and Worcester District

In office
1985–1991

Preceded by

Chester Atkins

Succeeded by

Robert Durand

Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
from the 3rd Middlesex District

In office
1979–1985

Preceded by

Charles Flaherty

Succeeded by

Patricia Walrath

Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
from the 51st Middlesex District

In office
1977–1979

Preceded by

Wilfred Balthazar

Succeeded by

Constituency abolished

Personal details

Born

Argeo Paul Cellucci(1948-04-24)April 24, 1948
Hudson, Massachusetts

Died

June 8, 2013(2013-06-08) (aged 65)
Hudson, Massachusetts

Resting place

Forestvale Cemetery
(Hudson, Massachusetts)

Political party

Republican

Spouse(s)

Jan Garnett

Children

2 daughters

Alma mater

Boston College

Religion

Roman Catholicism

Military service

Service/branch

United States Army

Years of service

1970–1978

Unit

Reserves

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police and CSIS have provided extraordinary co-operation, as I mentioned earlier.

Paul Cellucci

Our ties are deep and long-standing. We are dependent on each other. And no matter what the issue of the day, whether it be softwood lumber, whether it be a war in Iraq, we need to continue to work together.

Paul Cellucci

So we are disappointed that some of our closest allies, including Canada, have not agreed with us on the urgent need for this military action against Iraq.

Paul Cellucci

I can tell you that the Canadian intelligence and law enforcement agencies have been providing outstanding co-operation with our intelligence and law enforcement agencies as we work together to track down terrorists here in North America and put them out of commission.

Paul Cellucci

We know that if al Queda or one of these terrorist organizations were to get a weapon of mass destruction from Iraq, that they would have no hesitation about using it to catastrophic consequences; the potential is for hundreds of thousands of casualties.

Paul Cellucci

Canada is preparing to play a major role in the continued stability and security of Afghanistan through ISAF.

Paul Cellucci

Then we can help these failed states turn around and give their people a better life. This, too, is a critical part of this global war on terrorism, and Canada and the United States are together.

Paul Cellucci

But Canada remains a crucial partner in this global war on terrorism, and we are grateful for that. Canadian naval vessels, aircraft and military personnel continue anti-terrorist operations in the Persian Gulf.

Paul Cellucci

I want you to know that, despite what you might read at times in the newspapers or see on the television news, we have actually been getting a lot of things done the last several months, the U.S.-Canada relationship.

Paul Cellucci

When you think about the day-to-day, positive impact on the lives of U.S. citizens, there is no relationship that we have in the world that is more important than our relationship with Canada.

Paul Cellucci

We will have a border that is open for business, open for tourism, open for legitimate travelers; but that is closed to terrorists and drug pushers and smugglers and others who seek to break the law.

Paul Cellucci

Another part of the global war on terrorism that Canada and the United States are working on together is in helping failed states, states like Afghanistan, where people have no voice.

Paul Cellucci

We are also looking to Canada as we continue to integrate the North American energy market.

Paul Cellucci

The agreement to place the binational planning group at our new Northern Command was also signed in December.

Paul Cellucci

We want to look at how we would respond because, as hard as we work to prevent terrorist attacks here North America, if we have a catastrophic terrorist attack, it is the military that is going to have to go in at the request of civilian authorities.

Paul Cellucci

Ironically, the Canadian naval vessels, aircraft and personnel in the Persian Gulf I mentioned earlier who are fighting terrorism will provide more support indirectly to this war in Iraq than most of the 46 countries that are fully supporting our efforts there.

Paul Cellucci

There is $1.4 billion a day in trade that goes back and forth across the border. That means millions of jobs and livelihoods for families here in Canada and for families in the United States.

Paul Cellucci

We already get more energy from Canada than from any other foreign country.

Paul Cellucci

We are at war to liberate Iraq, to protect the people of the United States and other countries from the devastating impact of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction being used by terrorists or the Iraqi government to kill thousands of innocent civilians.

Paul Cellucci

Like Canada, we very much wanted the United Nations to be a relevant and effective body. But once those efforts failed, we no longer saw things from a multilateral perspective. For us, now, it is much more basic than that. It is about family.

Paul Cellucci

Much has been accomplished during the last year in the campaign against terrorism. This struggle will require vigilance, perseverance and sacrifice for many years to come.